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RASFF notification of FCM products-December 2015

Time:2016-01-12 10:47:14 


    In December 2015, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 12 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, 11 cases of which are originated from China.

    The subject notified are mainly overall migration and migration of chromium, nickel, manganese from stainless steel articles, color migration from nylon tongs and so on. The details are as below:


No.

Date

Notified by

Origin

Subject

Notification type

Action taken

1

07/12/2015

Estonia

China

migration of formaldehyde (53.1 mg/kg - ppm) from bread bins with bamboo cutting boards from China, via Finland

information for follow-up

withdrawal from the market

2

07/12/2015

Lithuania

China

deterioration of organoleptic characteristics (unsuitable taste of water) of food in contact with electric kettle from China, via Austria

information for follow-up

return to consignor

3

15/12/2015

Italy

China

migration of chromium (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) and of nickel (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (21 mg/kg - ppm) from stainless steel cruets from China

border rejection

re-dispatch

4

16/12/2015

Italy

China

migration of nickel (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) and of manganese (0.15 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (20 mg/dm2) from hand mixer from China

border rejection

placed under customs seals

5

17/12/2015

Italy

Hong Kong

too high level of overall migration (103 mg/dm2) from electric ovens from Hong Kong

border rejection

import not authorised

6

21/12/2015

Italy

China

migration of chromium (2.2 mg/l) from stainless steel knives from China

border rejection

destruction

7

21/12/2015

Italy

China

colour migration from nylon tongs from China

border rejection

placed under customs seals

8

22/12/2015

Netherlands

Hong Kong

absence of declaration of compliance for plastic kitchen ustensils from Hong Kong

border rejection

destruction

9

23/12/2015

Italy

China

migration of chromium (30.4; 16.7; 30.8 mg/l) from stainless steel knives, spoons and forks from China

border rejection

destruction

10

28/12/2015

France

Tunisia

migration of lead (15.5 mg/l) and of aluminium (8.3 mg/l) from ceramic cup from Tunisia

information for attention

recall from consumers

11

28/12/2015

Italy

China

migration of chromium (9.2 mg/l) from kitchen knives set from China

information for follow-up

 

12

28/12/2015

Italy

China

migration of chromium (0.9 mg/kg - ppm) from steel cheese knive from China, via Hong Kong

border rejection

official detention





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